[Callers] has anybody else written / similar sequences?

[Dugan Murphy via Callers]

Hi, Tavi,

Thanks for sharing! I can't say if anyone else has authored these dances as
you have them, but I can think of two dances very similar to three first
one you shared.

The first is "Stop, Drop, and Roll," which I also wrote as a simple dance
to introduce the rollaway and half sashay to less experienced crowds:
http://www.duganmurphy.com/dances-i-wrote/

The other is "Roll Around A" by Cary Ravitz, which was the inspiration for
my dance: http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#ra

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com
www.DuganMurphy.com
www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com
www.NufSed.consulting

(I drafted this message on a device that likes to autocorrect my words in
ways I don't always notice. Thank you for your understanding.)


Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:14:49 -0700
From: Tavi Merrill via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
To: callers at lists.sharedweight.net, Ronald Nieman <nieman at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] has anybody else written / similar sequences?

danged Gmail sent when i tabbed! Checking in with y'all to share new chore,
confirm whether it is "original," and ask if others have sequences they use
for similar intents and purposes. Both are as yet un-danced, though i'm
certain enough they are sound to say feel free to use them. Additional
recently tested chore in the pipeline, though the rest has very low odds of
duplicating others' efforts.

Bread

improper

A1. Ring balance; Ladies Neighbor roll away (with a half sashay) along

       Ring balance; Gents Partner rollaway across

A2. Neighbor balance and swing

B1. Circle L 3 places; Partner swing

B2. Ring balance; Gents Neighbor rollaway across

       Ring balance and (either pass R or arch/duck) to meet new neighbors

(1/2017) Roll away with a half sashay is perhaps the purest distillation of
weight-sharing, yet compared to the more complex chain, conspicuously
absent from much of the choreography used with beginning dancers. In the
interest of teaching only one new move per dance, i sought here to use the
rollaway as a means of drilling weight sharing, building muscle memory, and
reinforcing key hall awareness concepts "along/across" in an early-evening
sequence. A2 can be articulated as either a ring balance or a two-hand
neighbor balance. For dancers already familiar with the petronella spin,
"Sourdough" variation: B2. Ring balance; Ladies Partner rollaway along;
Ring balance; all spin R 1.5 to meet new neighbors.

Water

improper: waves across, right hand to Neighbor, Ladies take left

A1. Waves balance, walk forward to new neighbors

       Right hand (wrist) star 3 places; Neighbor pull by R across

A2. Partner L hand alleman 1.5

       Partner promenade across

B1. Ladies R hand alleman 1

       Partner swing

B2. Gents L hand alleman 1.5

      Neighbor R hand alleman 1+ to waves

(1/2017) I've sought here to deconstruct both chain and R&L through,
focusing dancers on the A2 promenade and two exaggerated, hands-connected
"pass R" elements in A1. From A1 to A2, ladies may need a reminder to turn
left toward their partner for the alleman - better taught here than during
a square-through. ?Heavy Water? variation: If dancers are already familiar
with the courtesy turn, make A2 a Partner power turn and promenade across.
"Super-heavy Water:" That substitution, and gypsy (/whatever you prefer to
call it) in place of the B1 and B2 right-hand allemans, transform this into
a dance more suited to seasoned dancers and crowded spaces.
Courtesy twirls,
Tavi
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